Where does “võtii” come from?
võtii (Votic) comes from Votic võttaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
võtii (Votic): key
Ancestry of “võtii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Votic | võttaa | to take; to take as a wife, to marry; to take... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | vottadak | to take |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |